replicate

To make a copy of something, preferably an exact copy. Often used to refer to copying of DNA in meiosis, mitosis or asexual reproduction.

Rep"li*cate (-?-k?t), v. t.

To reply.

© Webster 1913.

Rep"li*cate (l?-k?t), Rep"li*ca`ted (-k?`t?d), a. [L. replicatus, p. p. of replicare. See Reply.]

Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell.

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